indecent assault
noun
: an offensive sexual act or series of acts exclusive of rape committed against another person without consent
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Maynor Francisco Hernandez-Rodas, 38, a citizen of Guatemala, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s office, faces four counts of aggravated rape of a child, three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and a count of enticing a child under 16.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2025
None of these new administrative proceedings changed the fact that the criminal investigation concluded that General Salomon committed the offense of indecent assault.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
He was later arrested in western Massachusetts by Great Barrington police on Feb. 29, 2024, for rape of a child by force, rape of a child, and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
Nantucket authorities arraigned Aldana-Arevalo on July 26 in Nantucket District Court for one count of rape of a child with a 10-year age difference, and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2024
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2025
None of these new administrative proceedings changed the fact that the criminal investigation concluded that General Salomon committed the offense of indecent assault.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
He was later arrested in western Massachusetts by Great Barrington police on Feb. 29, 2024, for rape of a child by force, rape of a child, and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2024
Nantucket authorities arraigned Aldana-Arevalo on July 26 in Nantucket District Court for one count of rape of a child with a 10-year age difference, and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2024
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indecent assault
noun
in·de·cent as·sault
(ˈ)in-ˈdēs-ᵊnt-ə-ˈsȯlt 
: an offensive sexual act or series of acts exclusive of rape committed against another person without consent
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